The club captain on playing for Juventus, an unlikely friendship with New Zealand’s Katie Rood and Juan Mata judging her cooking
The ink was barely dry on the contract sealing Katie Zelem’s move from
Liverpool to
Juventus when her world threatened to spin out of control.
“I signed on the Wednesday and was immediately told: ‘We’ve booked you on a flight to Turin tomorrow,’” recalls Manchester United’s captain as she reflects on a transfer which would prove more than merely career-changing. “I said I couldn’t do it. I needed time to pack, I had to buy new clothes and I hadn’t had a chance to say goodbye to my family and my
Friends.